IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Absted
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966WY019012
  • User Pedon ID: S1966WY019012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966WY019012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3099
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38228
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 43.8086128
  • Std. Longitude: -106.4719467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 80W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4, SW1/4
  • Location Description: about 55 feet north and 450 feet east of the gate, about 1/4 mile east of Dan Koch's homestead buildings on Fourmile Creek.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY019—Johnson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harold Bindschadler
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Absted
  • PSC - 10 to 20 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARPE6

    BOGR2

    POSE

    POSE

    Artemisia pedatifida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    birdfoot sagebrush

    blue grama

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    1463

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    305

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24229. Vesicular crust.
    B2t—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24230. continuous - phpvsfiid 197170; continuous - phpvsfiid 197170
    B31—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24231. patchy - phpvsfiid 197171; patchy - phpvsfiid 197171
    B32ca—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24232. Fine faint streaks of secondary lime.; patchy - phpvsfiid 197172; patchy - phpvsfiid 197172
    C1cs—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; salt masses and 21 percent fine and medium spherical noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24233. Many fine and medium soft rounded masses of secondary lime and crystalline salts.
    C2—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24234